I wouldn’t call him a pre order bonus, since it allowed for almost 2 months after release. But, it’s semantics at that point.

I think $5 is on par with the others. Isn’t the other DLC $25 / 5 character? Possibly more for individual purchases.

Not quite, each $5.99 (packaged together as $25) DLC includes:
So yeah $5 for just the Piranha Plant character does seem a little expensive, comparatively speaking.

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My kids and I are still enjoying the heck out of this game. After bouncing off every previous version I've tried, I'm so glad I decided that I was finally going to buy this one come hell or high water and play it with them. It took a while to get the hang of it, but we're having a blast. They're starting to win a disturbing number of matches, as well! Just this morning my daughter won three in a row after declaring that doing so would entitle the victor to assign everyone's characters for the next bout.

This game is so deep! I got lost in a wiki for a bit just now. I only today learned about fake smash balls, and accidentally stumbled upon Palutena's Guidance because of a thread on Reddit. I mean, I didn't even know about regular taunts before now.

I've put 30 hours into this game and I'm just getting started. Never played a previous Smash more than a few hours, but this definitely feels like a better, more complete game than all of the past ones. Now I'm short-hoppin', fast-fallin', trying to put together a rudimentary combo game and figure out how to edge guard beyond just hurling myself into the void.

Surprisingly my wife enjoys jumping in and just Peach butt-slamming everything from one end of the stage to the other. Ha-chaa ha-chaa ha-chaa ha-chaa ha-chaa ha-chaa ha-chaa ha-chaa

My son loves to play Sonic and just do what I believe is called his neutral B attack, which is SUPER annoying to me and his sister. We have started ganging up on him whenever he plays Sonic, which is about half the time.

For my part, I usually go random to try and give the kids a fair chance, rather than playing Link or Samus variations, which are my best characters. I really need to take this game online.

- Display GSP for the 2v2 online mode. (I'm pretty sure it is being silently tracked currently; my 13-year-old and I, who play online together frequently, are matched up against much more skilled online opponents when we are playing our mains than when we are playing other characters.)

- Track local stats for player 2 in 2v2 online battles. (That person's # of matches played per character, # of KOs per character, etc. don't seem to be tracked or displayed when looking at the game's statistics section.)

- Alternate between all of the available victory poses in 2v2 online battles. (Right now the same pose seems to be always used for the foreground character and for the background character on the 2v2 online victory screen.)

Obviously, these are all pretty minor / corner-case items. I've been super happy with the gameplay itself!